being a teenager prevents meaningfullness

Between parents and school there is no real time for a teenager to live his or her life. We are told to be at school at 830 so we have to wake up earlyer then we want to. We spend the first half of the day learning things that we are told are important, then we are given a set amount of time to eat before we go back to learning about the "important" things. then we go home, mabye do an after school activity, and do homework.

then we have week ends. As if school doesnt take up enough of our lives, it bleeds over into our week end. the point of the week end we are told is to get away from school and relax. That wouldnt be such a bad idea if it wasnt for school and parents. In between over the weekend school work, and our parents having control over where teenagers go and what they do, there isnt much freedom left in it at all.
This leaves us with the question of between going to school five times a week, to having to ask permission to leave the house on a saterday night; is a teenagers life really their life. Or is it the life that other people force upon us.

being a teenager is just like being a dog. How much control does a dog really have over his life? He eats only when he is fed, he pees only when he is let out and if he doesnt sit down when he is told, he is punished. Niether teenager nor dog has the freedom that they think they have

my living funeral

The real question when making this list was who would make me sounds good. The point of a funeral is to make the person better then he was. A man kills a girl when he is 23; at her funeral they talk about how great he was at 17. People who speak tell everyone else how "meaningful" the dead guys life was. A man sits at a desk all day everyday till he dies, the people talk about that one time he gave a homeless man a dollar. Because by talking about that one time his life seems meaningful.
So the question who who can kiss my ass enough to make my life seem meaningful.

questions

1)how much does a funeral cost?
average funeral cost 6,500
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/RetirementandWills/PlanYourEstate/HowToPlanAFuneral.aspx

2) how much is the average nursing home?
$2,969 a month
http://www.mcknights.com/Survey-Average-cost-of-private-nursing-home-room-drops-in-2008/article/120072/

3)How many old people live in poverty?
3.4 million seniors age 65 and older live below the poverty line
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/07/elderly_poverty.html

4)how many old people are in a nursing home
5 percent of the 65+ population occupy nursing homes, congregate care, assisted living, and board-and-care homes, and about 4.2 percent are in nursing homes at any given time.
http://missourifamilies.org/quick/agingqa/agingqa7.htm

5)how many old people are widows
67 percent
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEED6103EF935A25757C0A961948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all

6)57 percent of men and 52 percent of women today enjoy sex. About one quarter of those old people ages 75 to 85 are now sexually active. (http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/sexual-reproductive/2008/09/04/making-the-most-of-the-new-sexual-revolution.html)

7)Researcher found that 91 percent of U.S. adults, about 50.5 million, used at least one medication regularly. Prescription medicines were used by 81 percent of adults, or 44.9 million older Americans. Most medications were used by those 75 to 85 years old. (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_73119.html)

It has become clear to me the importance of old people; money. Old people are seen as people with lots of money and nothing to do. becuase of that buisness have gone and tried to squeeze every penny out of them. from the pills to keep them erect, to the expensive funerals you never stop buying stuff. We talk about the idea of the media telling us what a meaningful life is as if it only is told to teenagers. its not, even old people are being told how to live their last days. With all the wisdom and history these old people have, they are still being told their life isnt meaninful.

statistics

1. What percentage of old people live in nursing homes?

2. What percent of old people are widows?

3. what percent of old people keep in touch with their family?

4. Still work?

5. How many old people kill themselves?

6. How many old people have kids

7. How many are sexually active?

8. On medications?

9. Socially active?

10. How many have come over from another country to try and live a better life in America for themselves or their family?

11. How many have health care?

12. Pension?

13. How many old people know how to use today's modern technology?

14. Rate of poverty?

15. Food stamps?

16. percent over age of 65?

17. How has that changed over time?

18. How many old people actually talk to their grandkids or kids in general?

interview

1. What is your favorite memory
Oh, I have so many its hard to pick one. But i remember one year at camp on parent visitting day i tell my dad i came in third in a swim race. "how many kids were in the race he asks?" "three"
2. do you think your life was meaningful
I lived my life, had many expirences, learned alot of lessons. yes i do.
3. were there any parts of your life that you thought were wasted
Nah, i wouldnt say my time was wasted. It might have not been excitting, but i was always working toward some goal and every goal takes work.
4. do you feel you are just waitting to die
(laughs) im not waitting to die. I am living my life in a relaxed manner. right now im waitting for lunch.
5. do you have any plans for the future.
Im gonna eat my lunch.